From owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG  Tue Dec 15 16:43:04 2009
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-drivers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98EA210656A4
	for <freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org>; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:43:04 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org)
Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B9D68FC25
	for <freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org>; Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:43:04 +0000 (UTC)
Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net
	[66.111.2.69])
	by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 21A9946B35;
	Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:43:04 -0500 (EST)
Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.9])
	by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 7D0288A01D;
	Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:43:03 -0500 (EST)
From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org>
To: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:54:18 -0500
User-Agent: KMail/1.12.1 (FreeBSD/7.2-CBSD-20091103; KDE/4.3.1; amd64; ; )
References: <4e6cba830912150203o175aedbds76206b78819c1414@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4e6cba830912150203o175aedbds76206b78819c1414@mail.gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Text/Plain;
  charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Message-Id: <200912150854.18071.jhb@freebsd.org>
X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.0.1
	(bigwig.baldwin.cx); Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:43:03 -0500 (EST)
X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at bigwig.baldwin.cx
X-Virus-Status: Clean
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.5 required=4.2 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RDNS_NONE
	autolearn=no version=3.2.5
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on bigwig.baldwin.cx
Cc: 
Subject: Re: if_init, if_start callback calling
X-BeenThere: freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Writing device drivers for FreeBSD <freebsd-drivers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-drivers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-drivers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-drivers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-drivers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-drivers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-drivers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:43:04 -0000

On Tuesday 15 December 2009 5:03:38 am Giovanni Trematerra wrote:
> Hi all,
> I'm trying to write a FreeBSD driver for RTL8187SE PCIe.
> I'm a bit confusing about if_init and if_start callback.
> I'd like to know when they are called and what are supposed to do.

Do the notes in ifnet(9) help?

-- 
John Baldwin